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Understanding Poetry

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Understanding Poetry
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of poetry?

It is musical, melodic, and rhythmical.

It makes use of language that is metaphorical or symbolic, not direct.

It is less concentrated than prose

It makes use of brevity and conciseness.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which category of poetry aims to tell stories?

Narrative poems

Dramatic Poems

Lyric Poems

Poetic Poems

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Haikus are classified under what category of poetry?

Narrative poems

Dramatic Poems

Lyric Poems

Poetic Poems

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which element of poetry refers to the literal representation of an experience or object that is perceived through the senses?

Sound

Figurative Language

Persona

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which element of poetry refers to speaker of the poem?

Sound

Figurative Language

Persona

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What figure of speech is employed in the following line?

“…cold, collecting, calculating, crowd… “

Alliteration

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first line in the poem goes “more than half of my life”.

This may signify that the persona is _______.

an infant

an adult

a child

a teenager

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

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